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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Abdulla Al khouri" <abdulla_khouri814@yahoo.co.id>
Reply-To: abdullakhouri00000@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 15:30:51 +0200 (EET)
Subject: ATT.NOTIFICATION TRANSFER MR. ABDULLA AL KHOURI AND REPLY

>From The Desk of Mr Abdulla Al khouri
Branch Manager National Bank of Abu Dhabi
Municipality Cash-Office Branch.Abu Dhabi
Email: abdullakhouri00000@gmail.com



Dear Friend,


This letter must come to you as a surprise, but I believe it is only a day that
people meet and become great friends and business partners. I am pleased to get
across to you for a very urgent and profitable business proposal; I got your e-mail
address through an internet yellow page web directory and decided to contact you and
ask for your assistance in this urgent matter, requiring trust and confidentiality,

I am Mr.Abdulla Al khouri, the Branch manager, National Bank of Here, Hilton
Cash-Office Branch married with four children. I am writing this letter to ask for
your support and co-operation to carry out this business opportunity in my
department,

On June 6, 2006, an America Oil consultant/contractor with Petroleum Corporation, Mr.
Thompson Ernest, made a numbered time (fixed) deposit for twelve calendar months,
Valued at US$17,500, 000.00(Seveteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars Only)in my branch upon maturity. I sent a routine notification to his
forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we
discovered from his contract employers, the Petroleum Corporation that Mr. Thompson
Ernest, who died in the crash of Swissair Flight 111. Swissair provided nationalities
with other passengers on board as you can confirm it yourself via the website below


http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9809/swissair.victims.list/index.html

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1999/11/01/iran/main49778.shtml

Most astonishing of my discovery was that, all records bear no next of kin, meaning
no member of Mr. Thompson Ernest family knows about the deposit therefore ,no member
of his family will ever come forward to claim the money, In order for the bank not to
transfer the said sum of Seveteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars
Only ($17,500,000.00) as unclaimed funds to the emirates treasury account, the above
stated funds most be claimed immediately by somebody standing in as late Mr.
Thompson, Ernest, Next of Kin, because According to LAW), at the expiration of
(thirteen) years; the money will revert to the ownership of the Government if nobody
applies to claim the fund,

This revelation is only known to me because I was his personal account officer before
I was posted to become the branch manager , now I seek your collaboration to act as
next of kin to late Mr. Thompson, Ernest, to claim the funds and move them into
useful investments, we shall split the cash between our self upon the confirmation of
the money into your account, I am ready to offer you 35% of the total fund and 60%
for me while 5% will be set aside for any expenses might occur during the
transaction,

Please note that by the virtue of my position in the bank , I have worked out the
perfect modality as well as I shall provide the relevant information's and documents
for the successful claim and transfer of the funds in the account that will be
provided by you, I can not stand in the forefront of this transaction because I work
with the bank ,that is why I have come to you, for assistance be rest assured that
this project involve no risk to you, upon the receipt of your acceptance mail ,I will
like you to provide me with the following details, bellow to my private email :

1) Your full names............
2) Your age................
3) Your full address.........
3) Your marital status.........
4) Your occupation/Profession.......
5) Your direct telephone number........
6) Your fax number................
7) Your country of origin ...........
8) Your present location/country.......
9) your private email box ...........

Then I shall furnish you with due process of concluding this transaction
Without any delay.
Regards

Mr.Abdulla Al khouri


















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